9-year-old sold drugs at school

Pretoria - The availability of
drugs at primary schools has
come under the spotlight after a
9-year-old boy from Centurion
was caught selling drugs to
primary and high school
children.
“The pupil was selling drugs for
his mother and father,” Tshwane
metro police inspector Sidney de
Wet told Beeld.
He said Grade 7 learners were
often culprits at primary schools
where drugs were used.
The most popular drugs for sale
were dagga and nyope.
Inspector De Wet said many
primary schools were naïve
about drug problems.
"The schools often don’t know
which signs to look out for – like
dagga, which makes eyes turn
red, nyope which brings about
sleepiness and Cat, which makes
users aggressive.”
He said teachers and parents
should look out for plastic bags
that can be sealed as well as
containers and even sorbet bags
which are used to carry drugs.
An educational expert from the
University of the Free State
confirmed that many primary
school children used drugs.
“What I have seen is that many
primary schools have children
who use drugs. It is not all the
primary schools,” said Dr Lynette
Jacobs.
She said a study of high school
pupils in Gauteng, the Free State
and the Eastern Cape revealed
that 58% regularly used dagga
at school while 38% said other
drugs were used on school
property.

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